Sheet-metal handle.



No. 864,817. PATENTED SEPT. 3, 1907'.

J B WISE SHEET METAL HANDLE. APPLICATION FILED 001'. 21, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHEET-'METAL HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

v rammed Sept. 3, 1907.

Application filed October 27, 190i. Eerinl lie. 340,794.

make of east and composition handles.

X The object of this invention is to provide a handle lot use in manually operating valves and like nieehun. m. which is formed entirely out of sheet metal of may suit able kind or gauge, and wherein but one sheet or pier-e of metal is employed in making the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide it handle of the class which is simple an d strong, and which. can be produced from lighter material and at less expense than any of the old. forms of handles employed lor the stone purpose. 7

Features and parts of the invention will he rm'nlil understood from the detail description which lollows,

and by relereuee to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this s nn-titieation, and in which Figure l is a plan view and section. showing; it ventral hole or perforation; also showing a series of larger poi-lo rations or holes disposed around the center of the hundle; Fig. 2 is a plan view and partial seetion ol' the book of the handle, showing the ventral hole in the lilanl; made square, to receive the squared end of the operating stem or rod of a. valve; Fig. 3 is a view partly in oh vation and partly in section, showing the handle seeured to the end of an operating stem or rod; also showing means for holding the handle in place on said stem, and Fig. 4' is a view, showing a modified lorin of handle, having a bushing of thin metal securedin rigid position in the center of the handle, instead of the integral sleeve shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Similar charallters of reference are assigned to corresponding parts throughout the several viotvs.

Any suitable kindol gage oi shot-t metal may he entployed for construeting my lntndles. but i prefer In use for the purpose tough sheet ln'ass or bronze, or soil. sheet metal. Aluminium or soft ploy'ed with good results.

In the drawing, the numeral 4 represents reel-iron llld) also in tlllthe hollow rim of the handle, whit-h is formed integrally with the The holes .9 are provided for the pnrporseoi reducing the "eight ol the hinnlle, and also lor the purpose oi iaeili toting: the turning or operating'ol the handle, by the use of a lover or other device inserted through said holes. at times when direct manual power is not stillboient to rqn'rnto the handle.

ll? represents nsleeve formed on the hack of the hens die, integral with the weh, and which is preferably square or angular, in cross section, outside and inside. 'lhio sleeve provided with a square or angular hole or opening itda llC'tTi to lit the squared or angular shaped end 11 of ax i ve stem or other operating part These parts are made square to prevent the handle troni turning: on the stem. The length of the sleeve may he varied to suit the requirements ol. the dil'lenent sizes of handle On handles ol' the size shmvn in the drawn h rein. the sleeve should ijuciornlily he Ltliont onel'ourthot an inch in length.

Ilfl represents a screw employed iol' securing the houdle to the end of th stern l2. "he threaded. portion oi screw l El fits a threaded hole in the end oi stein .2, and the head of the screw should be enough in diameter to completely cover or coneenl the square hole in center of the handle and have a solid bearing on the lace side of the iveh 6. Any other suitahle means may he employed for seeuringany handle to an operating stein, it desi ed.

l4 re .nt .--ents the our-line oi the outer ed' e of the hollow riin (shown in' llg. ll), which makes an uneven or irregular gripping surf-nee and is intended for increasing the grip or iinroliaseoi' the hand. that operates th hair die. The hur ing may be. effected. by a s .ole mil chine, or otherwise.

In Fig. l l have shown a view of a u'ioditied handle,

in which the novel lwlturr-sconsist principally in eonsquared: or a round tulle may he used, and alter the same has been secured, as described, the sleeve and the circular hole 7 may he termed square or made angular in cross section by suit'nlde tools providing the metal is solt and pliable enough in! the purpose.

Having described my invention and set [orth its merits, vrhnt l claim is'.- i

1. A handle of the class doserihefl. eoinprlsin n weli 0| sheet ineiul having :1 hollow annular rim intriernlly formed on sold well wit it the edge oi said run termination; suhstam tinllv in the plnne of the .Vtlll, null u centrally disposed sleeve extending: from said web on the side thereof on whieh the twice or ihe'unnnlur rlin terminates, snhstantinlly us deserihod.

linlnllo ol' the chi rle eilhed, roinin'ising a web of sheet. metal having a-ho on :innnlar rim integrally formed on said web with the or of said rim terminating sol:-

slnni-iallv in the plane of the web, a centrally disposed portion of said welv being projected beyond the plane of the well on the side thereof on which the edge of the annular ring terminates, to form a centrally disposed sleeve, sulr stantinlly as described.

' 3. A handle of the class described, comprising a web of sheet metal having ll. hollow annular rim integrally formed on said web with the edge of the rim terminating snbsta ntiziily in the plane of the web, a eentraily disposed sleeve extending from said web on the side thereof on 'hieh the edge of the annular rim terminates, said sleeve living concentric with a. centrally disposed opening in the web. a stem fitting in said sleeve, and a. headed screw entering said stein from the side of the web opposite to that on which said sleeve is formed, the head of said screw being of a diameter suflieicnt to cover the opening in said web, substzintially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix of twe Witnesses my signature in presence JAMES B. WISE.

Witnesses .TAHX W Bunsenn, L. C. Mi'reHELL. 

